Japan-Vietnam relations

Vietnam, Japan Establish Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

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Vietnam, Japan Establish Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

Japan and Vietnam have officially established a comprehensive strategic partnership, pledging a broad expansion of security and economic ties on the 50th anniversary of the two nations’ diplomatic relations The announcement came after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong met in Tokyo yesterday for talks, during which the pair pledged … Read more

East Asian Tensions and the Lessons from Hanoi

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Advertisement In September, Hanoi celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Vietnam. Marking the occasion, I delivered my first ever lecture in Vietnamese at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. What follows is an outline of that lecture. The Japanese government normalized diplomatic relations with North Vietnam three years … Read more